You may never have heard of the Local Plan, but it’s important. It’s a fairly weighty document that sets the overall vision for almost all future development in the Borough…
Continue Reading »When M&S at Clapham Junction closed for renovations for several months, it was clear this was going to be more than a wash and brush up. After it closed, sounds of drilling…
Continue Reading »We’ve heard worrying reports that both the ‘anchor tenants’ of Clapham Junction’s shopping centre may close next year. Not because they want to leave, but because their landlord has given…
Continue Reading »In the 1980s, Clapham Junction emerged as a profitable spot for DIY traders. Close to the city centre and full of nice-but-tired (and, at the time, just about ‘affordable’) housing,…
Continue Reading »An occasional series looking at what’s new & what’s changing in Clapham Junction’s shopping centre St Johns Road It’s been an interesting time for the shops in Clapham Junction. The…
Continue Reading »The architectural practice Hawkins\Brown (the architect which designed the new Peabody estate on St John’s Hill) has unveiled last week their vision for Clapham Junction’s future. Their website reports work…
Continue Reading »CJAG met with Jill Stone, Network Rail development manager (Wessex area & early projects) on Thursday 17 January to talk about the current consideration for Clapham Junction station. It was…
Continue Reading »Nobody likes the Falcon Road railway bridge. Dark, dirty, loud and always mysteriously wet, the prospect of running the gauntlet of drips from the leaky bridge structure (or – worse…
Continue Reading »British Land has agreed to sell the Debenhams building in Clapham Junction (formerly Arding & Hobbs), to an as-yet undisclosed buyer for £48 million. They originally bought the building in…
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